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Preliminary sketch for The Rose Garden and title page of "The Early Italian Poets".
Dante and Beatrice, study for The Rose Garden
Preliminary sketch for The Rose Garden and title page of "The Early Italian Poets".
Dante Gabriel Rossetti (English, 1828–1882)
before 1861
Medium/Technique
Graphite on heavy cream wove paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 17.8 x 13.3 cm (7 x 5 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Print Department Special Fund
Accession Number58.49
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
DescriptionPreliminary sketch for The Rose Garden and titlepage of "The Early Italian Poets". Verso has graphite drapery study for the figure of Beatrice.
Inscriptionsverso: study of drapery (for figure of Beatrice )
Provenance1958, sold by William H. Schaab Gallery, New York, to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 13, 1958)